Improvement in apparatus for forming collars



' section through the same.

UNITED STAT-ns sOLoMoN-s. GRAY, or B'Osron, MssAonUsnr'rs.

' IMPaoveMENTiN- APPARATUS Foa FORMING 'oo LLAas 4-Speeiiieation forming part of Letters'Patent No. 43.401, dated July-5, 1864.

Be it known. that I, soLoMoN si emisor Boston, in the 'county of Suffolk and-State'of Massachusetts,"h ave invented'a certain new to be-a full, clear, and'exact description` of the isa'me, :reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makinga part of this specifica'-H Figurel represents an elevation pf the mold' ing-machine,-and FigQ/Zrepresents a verticall Similar letters of reference, where they occurin the separate figures, .denote like parts of the machine in'both ofthe drawings.

In making shirt-collars out ot' paper, or its equivalent, whetherthey be stand-up or turnover collars, and whether they 'be made -oifone piece orof two or more pieces, they will not,

Without molding or stretching some portion thereof", or elcngatin g one edge more thanthe other in some way o r other, comfortably and neatly :fit theneck of the `wearer. 1

I have already patented-namely by pat# ents" dated 23d J une, 1863; 4reissued 29th March, 1864-; and'letth April, 1863, respectively-the plans of turning over a7 collar on a curved line, iihich practically lengthens one edge and prevents wrinkling, andalso a standupcollar molded at its-top'to make-it stand out; and l havefalso applied for a patent for a shirtcollarmolded at its loweredge or portion. But my vpresent' invention consists in aV .anachine for" molding or'stretching a paper,

or a paper and cloth combined, shirt-collar,

either to malte it more accurately ittheneck. of the wearer, or to make it capable of being; turned over on avstraight line without puck-1 ering or wrinkling; To' enable others and use'tmy' inventiom will -proceed'to describe theksa'me with Vreference to the draw:-

infrs. Y

. is a base upon which the uprights B are placed, snstainin g "upon their tops a horizontal piece, C, the center of which is open to allow I a block, D, to move up and downv through it.

The margin of the circular opening through" the piece G is furnished with a metal or other 'suitableuring a., extendingabove the plane ot i theA piece, or table C, saidl Vextended portion being slotted, so that it may be expanded by the descent ofthe block or plunger I). 4 Around this' expansible ring a there isa rubber'band or ring, b, which will also expand with the inner ring and contract, andthus also contract theV vinner ring when the block or plunger isr moved up, orl a single ring may be made that will perform this function by common and obvious means. The block l) is made somewhat conical at its 'upper portion, as seen in the drawings, and may be raised and lowered-by the crank E on the crank-shaft F, andthe pit. man G, connecting the block or former l)y to said crank. The crank-shaft may be turned by a winch, H, or by belt and pulley, or any other well-known mechanical appliance for such purpose.

lisa stationary'tongue-piece, it being secured to the table C, and a groove is made in the block, plunger, or former D, so that it may more past this tongue-piece. Onthe tonguepiecel there is a clamp, c, which has a han dle, d, affixed to it, by means of which the'two ends of thecollar that.V is to be moldedor stretched are caught and held while itis being acted 4upon l-y the former. This Amode of Vholding the collar I find 'answers a good pur- I pose; but it may be held by any otherdevice,`

and the -holding vdevice maybe on the table, or on the collar to be stretched, in which event .the block or 'former may be uncut.

The'operation'ot the machine 1s as follows: The paper' strip being brought around against the rubber band b, its two -ends 'overlap or meetagainst the tongue-piece-ilr' The clamp cis brought down to'holdtheendsof the strip 'irmly.. TheV plunger .orfformer D lis. lnow caused to descend, and in descending it forces" outward the-slotted or split ring' af, and the c interposed rubbeiyband gb. against the paper, n 1f-or paper and cloth strip,=-and stretches or skilled inthe art to make" molds its edge, which causes `the"' n`ished collar to nicelylitrthe neck. of the Vus er.' 'If it be a stand-up collar, then the lower edgeor "part onlyl need be stretched or molded. `It,

however,` it be turn-down collar, then the upper portion of the collar may be ASubjectcd to this stretching "or molding process, snasfio elongate the upper or fold over. edge.o'sp'ait thereof, 'which .will admit of the collar'- being turned over on a straight instead of a'curyrerlr line, and yet avoid wrinkling even. whenla necktieris placed betweenthe turned over' portionand'that not turnedl over. To mold the upperportion gfor a .turn-over collar7 the str'ipneedf'o'nly be placed around thefband b,

, with that part which is to constitute the foldedover portion uppermostI and the neck or band portion below. By. this machine vtwo impormoldl or t it to'the neck of the wearer; and,

secondly, the upper portion of a strip of paper may be 'stretched'or elongated so that` it may y ends While the 'former is beings;4 fore/d into or l be turned/over on a straight line Without wrinkling, and the tnrned-over'p'ortion stand oft' from the neel: or band portion to adinit a necktie between them.

f The shape of 'thepaper strip is immaterial,

f as when bent around the form or moldthe upper line or'. nortion will be `most stretched, ;f

Whether that portion ist) constitute the neck portion orthe turnover-portion of the finished article.v -By-nppermost portion I mean that portion nearest'the most expansible lpart of' the'rings af b.

Havingthus fully desoril ed'my'invention,

what'I claim as-n'ew, and. dcsireto secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The combination of thejformer D Withthe elastic band, or its equivalent, when operating 'substantially as herein described.

2. Holding the strip or collar byf'its Vtiro throngh .itto mold it to the desired form, silb-A stantially as described.

SOLOMON S, GRAY. 

